polyglot
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In other words, a significant number of multiracial Americans will “airbrush” their polyglot lineage and instead focus on their European provenance.
From Salon ● Jan. 2, 2026
Having gained a reputation for punchy phrases, the polyglot politician appears unlikely to shy away from the fight.
From Barron's ● Dec. 17, 2025
It’s also important in a polyglot state like California that a poll is not conducted solely in English.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2025
That now extends to about 20 countries, including Ireland and Singapore and extending to polyglot Holland and Germany.
From BBC ● Mar. 16, 2025
With his passing, he evaded the overwhelming consequence of his success: the challenge of consolidating a polyglot empire unprecedented in size and comprising peoples who, by and large, despised each other.
From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro
In the brains of these polyglots -- people who speak five or more languages -- the same language regions light up when they listen to any of the languages that they speak.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 11, 2024
In a new brain imaging study, researchers peered inside the minds of polyglots like Smith to tease out how language-specific regions in their brains respond to hearing different languages.
From Science Magazine ● Feb. 3, 2023
Some polyglots have noted problems with the languages already available.
From BBC ● May 11, 2022
Understanding the importance of languages in a globalized world, many Kenyans speak English, Swahili and a tribal language, and polyglots are common throughout Africa.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 21, 2018
A polyglot costume surely—but this was a city of polyglots.
From The Secret Witness by George Gibbs
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